Biography
- 2004 University of Ulster, Ph.D Fine Art Printmaking, Belfast
- 1993 Camberwell College of Art, MA Fine Art Printmaking (Dist.) London
- 1992 Croydon College of Art, Post Grad Diploma, Fine Art Printmaking and Bookbinding, (Merit)
- 1988 Liverpool John Moores University BA (hons) Fine Art (1.1)
Selected Community Art Facilitation and Delivery of Belfast Print Workshop Courses:
- Science Festival Northern Ireland - Cymatic Workshop 16.02.20
- Northern Visions Community TV - 'SmART' Project Cymatic Workshop 20.01.19
- HMS Caroline - Open Participation Relief Printmaking Workshop 18.08.19/ 19.08.19
- Caring Breaks - Three Art Workshops Starting From 09.11.18
- Household Festival - Open House Sound Art Workshop 2019
- Young at Art - Paper Marbling Open Participation Workshop 04.07.17 - 05.07.17
Belfast Print Workshop Delivery of Printmaking Courses:
- Narrative Book Making - Four Week Evening Course Started From 19.02.20
- Viscosity Monoprinting - Weekend Workshop 18.01.20 -19.01.20
- Introduction to Printmaking - Six Week Evening Course Started From 24.04.19
- Drypoint Printmaking with Chine-Colle - Weekend Workshop 2019
- Architects Group Workshop in Bookmaking - 2019
- Japanese Non -Adhesive Bookmaking - Weekend workshop 02.12.18
- Monoprinting Workshop - Weekend course 23.03.19 - 24.03.19
Collaborative Research Projects
- 'Habitation project' 3D printmaking collaborative research cluster at University of Middlesex initiated by Steve Mumberson Reader in Art
- 'Sound Works' A collaborative project with Dr Eric Lyon from the Sonic Arts Research Centre, [SARC] Queens University, Belfast. Dr Lyon lectures in Composition and Music Software Development at SARC. The suite of prints will be based on experimental sound works and cymatic patterns.
- 'Interrupted Vision' A collaborative project with Tom Edgar, director of the Northern Ireland Technology Centre, Queens University, Belfast, based on the production of 3D modeling of the interior of the eye.
- 'The Sans Vista Wood Type Project, Pennsylvania.' CNC mediated wood type research project. Funded by the Centre of Material Culture studies, University of Delaware.
- 'Initiated' by Tricia Treacy and Ashley John Pigford as a collaborative interplay between venerable/archaic and experimental / modern technology in an effort to produce a hybrid form of typographic design where the production is ingrained in the product. The project will be showcased at amongst other venues, Yale University, College Book Arts Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, Columbia College, Chicago
- 2013 Touch Vista Sans Wood Type Project USA
- 2012 Digital Printmaking: CNC, Traditional and Hybrid Techniques A., Geary., P., Cantanese
- 2001 Printmaking Today, Article: Vista Sans Wood Type Project
2022
Solo Exhibitions:
- Belfast Printworkshop Gallery 1.11.22 - 27.11.22
Group Exhibitions:
- 'Members Show' - Belfast Printworkshop Gallery. - 01.02.22 - 28.02.22
- '6x6' - Rochester Contemporary Art Centre, New York - 04.06.22 -17.07.22
2021
Solo Exhibitions:
- Nature in Mind' - Belfast Printworkshop Gallery. - 27.09.21 - 08.10.21
Group Exhibitions:
- 'Anywhere Out of the World' - Queen Street Studios Gallery. - 05.08.21- 25.08.21
- 20x20 International Print Exchange, Hot Bed Press. - 2021
2020
Solo Exhibitions:
- 'The Frequency of Things' Artcetera Studios, NI Science Festival. - 13.02.20 - 22.02.20
- 'Work Life Balance in Times of Covid-19' Commissioned Portfolio Exhibition, Belfast Print Workshop Gallery 15.07.20 - 29.07.20
2021
Solo Exhibitions:
- 'Flax Field' - Flax Gallery, Mossley Hill. 04.04.19-27.04.19
Group Exhibitions:
- Graphic Editions', - Oriel Gallery, PRISM Print International, Antrim - 06.11.18- 04.01.19
2019
Group Exhibitions 2019
- 'Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, ArtisAnn Gallery, 07.02.19 - 02.03.19
- 'Graphic Editions', - Oriel Gallery Clotsworthy House 06.11.18- 04.01.19
Online Art Under Covid Activity 2020 - 2021:
Online Videos:
- Educational Online video for 'Festival of Learning' - 'Printmaking from a Suitcase' demonstration of various printmaking techniques and how to set up a portable printmaking studio at home - 01.21
Online Videos for 'European Heritage Open Days', 2020:
- Educational Online Video showing the Fine Art printmaking process of Viscosity Printmaking - 08.09.20
- Educational Online Video: 'The World of Paper' exploring the properties of paper in relation to printmaking - 12.09.20
- Social Media takeover via Instagram and Facebook Belfast Print Workshop Looking at the History of BPW and International Membership and Exhibitions - 27.04.20 -03.05.20
Online Exhibitions: 2020/1
- Group Exhibition, 'Trustee Selection', Curated by BPW Board of Trustees - 24.02.21
- Virtual Exhibition:=Exhibition: Cyanotype's=Cyanotype's Showing=Showing the=the History=History and=and Process=Process of=of Linen=Linen -=- 10.09.20=10.09.20
- Exhibition: 'Light', Belfast Print Workshop - 10.11.20
- Members Exhibition, Belfast Print Workshop - 10.12.20
- Flax Field- Linen Hall Library, Linen Biennale Northern Ireland 03.08.18 - 31.08.18
- The View from Earth, the View from Space Eastside Gallery, NI Science Festival 15.02.18 - 15.03.18
- International Contemporary Print Making/Forum - Luxembourg CEPA Centre pour la Promotion des Arts & Empreinte Atelier de Gravure, Au Carre, Hollerich, Luxembourg - 19.04.18 01.05.18
- Belfast Print Workshop, Belfast
- The Sounds of Science Artisann Gallery, NI Science Festival - 02.02.1725.02.17
- Impressions Printmaking Biennial Exhibition, Centre for the Creative Arts & Media, Galway Arts Festival 15.07.17- 30.07.17
- The Art of PrintmakingFenderesky Gallery, Belfast 03.08.17- 01.09.17
- Passion for Print- Belfast Print Workshop - 07.12.12 16.12.17
- 40 Cubed Crescent Arts Centre - 08.10.17 29.10.17
- Print as Product Belfast Print Workshop Gallery 17.03.16
- Residents Exhibition - Digital Arts Studio - PS2 Gallery, Belfast. 26.05.16- 04.06.17
1916Touring Exhibition Venues:
- Cork Printmakers - 21.03.16 - 19.05.16
- Limerick Print Workshop - 27.03.16 - 24.05.16
- Black Church Studio, Dublin - 12.05.16 - 07.06.16
- Ulster Museum, Belfast - 02.06.16 - 02.07.16
- Digital Arts Studios Residency, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 01.02.16 - 01.05.16
- Inter-being Sound (Performance) in collaboration with B-beyond, the Sonic Arts Research Centre, (SARC) with Bartolome Ferrando, Queens University, Belfast. 21.01.16
- Convenor: speakers included Tony Weekes, Ecological Economist, Bronagh Lawson, Founder of Creative Change NI and Robert Hilken, Northern Ireland Manager of Visual Arts Ireland, Agape Centre, Belfast. 08.03.16
Publications / Catalog (Selection)
- 2009 6th Novosibirsk Graphic Biennial Sept 2009 Martynov, Andrey, Nazansky, Vladimir, Rooms, Verle, Gollifer, Sue, Besant, Derek, Popov, Sergei and Kiyono, Koichi (2009) 2009 Novosibirsk Graphic Art Biennial. State Museum of Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk, Russia. ISBN 978-5-90-26-05-
- 2007 A Skilled Hand And Cultivated Mind: A Guide To The Architecture And Art Of RMIT University' RMIT University Melbourne 2007 H.Edquist., E. Grierson. 2008. ISBN 978-1-921166-91-4
- 2007 Excavating the Present; The Archaeology of Visual Residue, Fragmentation and Meaning. Paper delivered at Impact Conference.
- 2004 The Application of CAD/CAM Technology in the Remediation of the Viscosity Process DPhil: Fine Art Printmaking, University of Ulster, Belfast, N. Ireland
- 2004 'Printmaking it' (Re - Edit 2005) Film of Print work. Funded by the Arts Council of N. Ireland
- 2003 Designed Logo for Transitional Justice Institute, Belfast, N. Ireland
- 2001 Article in Printmaking Today Printmaking it real, Josephine Mc Cormick investigates a process combining the latest digital engineering technology with S.W. Hayter's viscosity printmaking techniques Vol. 10 Winter 2001
- 1998 Print Convenor for Digital Printmaking within 'Digital Aesthetics' I.S.E.A., International Symposium on Electronic Art, Liverpool.
- 1997 Designed RSA National Qualification in Art and Design for GNVQ (General National Vocational Qualification)
- 1995 'ArtShed' Presentation of Radio Arts Programme Chester
- 1995 Electronic publication, Digital Creativity - CD ROM, Published Computers in Art and Design Education, CADE ISBN Number: 1.871966 23X. Co-author: Suzette Warden, University of Brighton, Publisher, University of Brighton
- 2007 IMPACT, Estonia Presented Paper at Conference
- 2002 Drawn to Print, Conference, Camberwell College of Art, London
- 2002 C.A.D.E., Computers in Art and Design Education, University of Brighton
- 1999 IMPACT, University of the West of England, Bristol
- 1998 ISEA, Liverpool
Civil Service Northern Ireland
Bank Nationale de Paris, France, Hambros Bank, London Bank of Ireland, Mitsubishi Trade Union Centre, Japan, RMIT University, Melbourne, ChongQing Municipal Museum, China, Academy of Art, San Francisco, Wellcome Trust, Belfast, Australian Print Workshop, The British Council, N. Ireland, The Bank of Ireland, Belfast Print Workshop, Belfast, The Ulster Museum, Belfast, The Grosvenor Museum, Chester, University of Ulster, Belfast, Murdock Lothian Gallery, Liverpool, Private Collections America, Finland, Japan, Germany and Greece
- 1999 - Printmaking tutor Belfast Print Workshop
- 1999 Printmaking Lecturer, Belfast Metropolitan College
- 1996-1997 Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire
- 1994-1998 Printmaking Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University
- 2017- Arts Council NI Award Research practice project centred on the production of sound-embedded print work
- 2013 - British Council Award To establish links and build relationships with printmaking artists between Paris and Belfast. Organised and curated International exhibition of French Printmakers, Metamorphoses, Prints from the Atelier Contrepoint, Paris, shown at Cotton Court Gallery.
- 2014 -Arts Council NI Award, Travel Award: Self- Arranged Residency Scheme International Residency Atelier Counterpoint, Paris.
- 2009 - Arts Council of Northern Ireland Support for the Individual Artist Programme Material grant to extend practice.
- 2007 - Arts Council Travel Award to present paper at Impact 5, held in Tallinn, Estonia
- 2006 - Arts Council of Northern Ireland: Travel Award, to undertake residency through the International Artist Residency Program, AIR, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
- 2004 - Arts Council of Northern Ireland: Travel Award, The International Artist Residency Program, AIR, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
- 2004 - Arts Council of Northern Ireland: Support for the Individual Artist, secured funding for the production of documentary film on printmaking practice Print- Making It.
- 2004 -British Council Award: to undertake residency at Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, Australia.
- 2001 - Arts Council of Northern Ireland: Support for the Individual Artist, Artist in Residency Award. Atelier Contrepoint, Paris.
- 2001 Falmouth Student Print Prize, Falmouth, England.
- 1993 Broekman Gallery Prize, Chester.
- 1993 Printmakers Council Award and Michael Rothenstein Trophy London.
- 1997 - Liverpool John Moores Research Grant on Educational Modular Arts Structure, Academy of Art University, San Francisco.
- 2010 Hotplate Phoenix, Brighton
- 2010 Exhchange Rmit, Melbourne
- 2010 Attended Printmaking symposium Phoenix
- 2010 Glasgow Print Fair, Glasgow
- 2010 33 Exhibition from the BPW (Belfast print Worshop) Archives
- 2010 PrinTWIN Collaborative project, Belfast Print Workshop
- 2010 Moods & Sensations: Evocative Art from the Collection, Grosvenor Museum, Chester
- 2009 6th Novosibirsk Graphic Biennial, State Museum of Novosibirsk Russia
- 2009 World Mobile Congress, Invest Northern Ireland Stand, Barcelona, Spain
- 2009 25/25 BPW touring Exhibition, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- 2009 Tall Ships Victoria Square and Arts & Business. Belfast., N.Ireland
- 2008 127th RUA Exhibition, Titanic Drawing Offices, Belfast
- 2008 Other Work, Belfast Print Workshop
- 2007 The 12 Inch Rule, Belfast Print Workshop
- 2007 126th RUA Exhibition, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
25/25 BPW Touring Exhibition Shown at:
- 2007 Graphic Print Studio, Dublin
- 2007 Droigheda Arts Centre
- 2007 Martha Street Studios, Winnipeg, Canada
- 2006 Clotworthy Arts Centre, Antrim
- 2006 Gordon Gallery, Derry
- 2006 The Naughton Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland
- 2006 The Gordon Gallery, Derry, N. Ireland
- 2006 Clotworthy Arts Centre, Antrim, N. Ireland
- 2006 Case Studies, Belfast Print Workshop,Belfast, N.Ireland
- 2005 Annual Exhibition, Belfast Print Workshop
- 2004 Group Show, Waterfront Hall, Belfast, N. Ireland
- 2004 Thirty Years of the University of Ulster Print Workshop Touring Exhibition. USA. and Japan
- 2004 Group Show, Chong Qing Municipal Museum in association with the Muban Foundation, China
- 1999 Verein fur Orginal Radierung,Munich, Germany
- 1997 Group Show Ekaterinberg Museum, Ekaterinberg, Russia
- 1996 Manchester Royal Academy,Manchester
- 1996 Recent Acquisitions,Ulster Museum, Belfast, N. Ireland
- 1996 Cyclades Touring Exhibition, Aenaon International Centre of Fine Arts,Athens, Greece
- 1994 Group Show, Belfast Print Workshop, Belfast, N. Ireland
- 1994 The third Annual 'Salon des Graphiques' Curwen Gallery, London
- 1994 Group Show, The Hatton Gallery University of Newcastle
- 1994 Estampes D'Outre, MancheCross Channel Prints, Musse Adzak Paris, France
- 1994 The National Open Print Competition and Michael Rothenstein Trophy Scarborough Art Gallery Scarborough, Yorkshire
- 1993 The Second 'Salon Des Graphiques',Curwen Gallery, London
- 1993 'Making a Print' PMC Touring Exhibition, Hampshire County Museums Service,
Work Shown at: - 1993 Eastleigh Museum, Eastly
- 1993 Willis Museum, Basingtoke
- 1993 Andover Museum, Andover, England
- 1993 Westbury Manor Museum, Fareham, England
- 1993 Allen Gallery, Alton, England
- 1993 Havant Gallery, Havant, England
- 1993 Red House Museum, Christchurch, England
- 1993 Vivid, An exhibition in Print, Group Exhibition Camberwell Printmakers, Alternative Art Galleries, London
- 1993 Summer Exhibition The Broekman Gallery
- 1993 MA Exhibition Camberwell College of Art
- 1993 Group Show Railings Gallery, London
- 1993 Contemporary Paintings and Prints, PMC, Barbican Centre, London
- 1993 Four Contemporary Printmakers Nottingham University Gallery
- 1993 25 Down' Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
- 1992 MA Show, Camberwell College of Art, London
- 1992 Vision 20/20 London Ecology Centre Gallery, London
- 1992 Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, Londo
- 1992 The Broekman Gallery, Chester
- 1992 Miniature Print International Exhibition Cadaques, Barcelona, Spain
- 1992 Group Show, The Illustrators Gallery, London
- 1992 Royal Ulster Academy Belfast, N. Ireland
- 1992 Group Show, PMC The National Theatre, London
- 1992 Print Principle, Mall Gallery, London
- 1992 Small Print Exhibition, Washington
- 1991 Group Show, Cool Tan Building, Brixton Art Gallery, London
- 1991 Group Show, Merz Contemporary Art, London
- 1991 Pullit Cool Tan Building, Brixton, London
- 1991 Loose Briefs, London
- 1991 The Art of the Printmaker, Royal Festival Hall, London
- 1991 Group Show, Wyvern Gallery, Dublin, Eire
- 1991 Group Show, Fisher Gallery, Covent Garden, London
- 1990 International Open Miniature Print Exhibition Intaglio Printmakers Gallery, London
- 1990 Printworks The Black Swan, Nat West Gallery, London
- 1990 PMC Group Show, The Crypt Gallery, London
- 1990 The Art of the Printmaker, Royal Festival Hall, London
- 1989 Print Exhibition, The Morley Gallery, Westminster,London
- 1989 RUA Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast, N. Ireland
- 1989 British Miniature Print International Exhibition Bristol Museum and Art Gallery Bristol
- 1989 Entirely Intaglio, Royal Festival Hall, London
- 1989 The Railings Gallery,London
- 1988 Eight Merseyside Painters, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
- 1988 Print Exhibition, The Morley Gallery, Westminster, London
- 1988 RUA Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast, N .Ireland
- 1987 Exhibition of work by Merseyside Artists Touring Exhibition
Work Shown at: - 1987 Prescot Museum, Liverpool
- 1987 Grosvenor Museum, Chester
- 1987 Williamson Art Gallery, Liverpool
- 1986 Human Rights Exhibition, Amnesty International, Hanover Gallery, Liverpool
- 1986 Exhibition of work by Merseyside Artists Touring Exhibition
Work Shown at: - 1986 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
- 1986 Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport
- 1986 St Helens Museum and Art Gallery, Liverpool
- 1985 Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast, N.Ireland
- 1984 Artdex, Williamson Art Gallery, Liverpool
- 1984 Small Works, Bluecoat Gallery,Liverpool
- 1983 Bluecoat Invitational, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
- 1983 Summer Show, Tom Caldwell Gallery,Belfast, N.Ireland
- 1983 Exhibition of work by Merseyside Artists Touring Exhibition
Work Shown at: - 1983 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
- 1983 Williamson Art Gallery, and Museum
- 1983 Atkinson Art Gallery and Museum
- 1983 Grosvenor Museum, Chester
- 1983 St Helens Museum and Art Gallery
- 1982 Open Exhibition, Liverpool Artists Workshop, Liverpool
- 1982 Group Show, School of Architecture, Liverpool
- 1982 Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast, N. Ireland
- 1981 Group Show, Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast/ Dublin
- 1981 Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast
- 1981 'Aspects of Drawing', Artists Collective of N. Ireland, Belfast, N. Ireland
- 1992 Design Commission for Rembrandt's Hat, Oxford, England
- 1993 Design Commission for Christopher New Soho, London
- 1993 Illustrated cover of Camberwell College of Arts prospectus
- 1988 Illustrated Black State Choir Single
- 1986 Designed and Illustrated. cover 'Twist and Samba', Liverpool
- 1986 Art work for Theatre production of 'Behind Midnight', Liverpool Poster and Programme Illustrations
- 1985 Illustrated Dutch Poetry Magazine 'Parallel'
- 1984 Illustrated Poetry Magazine 'Smoke', Liverpool England